-117A (X301171)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -117A |
|---|---|
| ID | X301171 |
| Museum no. | BM 45760 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Parthian · c. 141 BCE–224 CE |
| Genre | Astronomical Diary |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project adsd/adart3 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...] Ni[ght of the xth,] last part of the night, the moon was [... cu]bits. The 20+[xth, ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] ... the moon was surrounded by a halo. The 20+[xth, all? d]ay? thin clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] ... rain shower, the north wind blew. Night of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was 2? cubits behind α Virginis [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] Night of the 26th, last part of the night, clouds crossed the sky, a little rain shower. The 26th, clouds crossed the sky, rain shower [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... Night of the 2]8th, overcast, rain DUL. The 28th, clouds crossed the sky. Night of the 30th, first part of the night, rain ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] from the 18th to the 24th, 4 pānu 4 sūtu 3 qa; from the 25th to the end of the month, 4 pānu 4 sūtu? [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] At that time, around the 23rd, Jupiter’s first appearance in Scorpius; around the 17th, Venus’ first appearance in the west in the end of Scorpius; around? [...] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | [...] ... That month, the river level rose 8 fingers, total: 18 was the na (gauge). That month, sick ... [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [Month IX, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ...] Night of the 2nd, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits in front of β Capricorni, the moon being 5 cubits low to the south ... [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] The 5th, in the afternoon, very overcast, the south wind blew. Night [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] The 9th, very overcast, the south wind blew. Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [... bl]ew?. Night of the 12th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] below β Tauri [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] all day very overcast, the south? wind blew. Night of the 14th, sunset to moonrise: 1°; clou[ds, ...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] ... Night of the 16th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind ε [Leonis ...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] Night of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind β [Virginis ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ [x] ⸢ina ZALAG₂⸣ sin [x x x x] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ 20+[x ...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ sin TUR₃ NIGIN 20+[x kal] ⸢ME⸣ DIR SAL ⸢AN⸣ [ZA ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ AN UTAH SI GIN GE₆ 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] GE₆ 26 ina ZALAG₂ DIR AN DIB AN UTAH i-ṣa 26 DIR AN DIB AN UTAH [...] | |
| 5' | [... GE₆] 28 ŠU₂-im AN DUL-hat 28 DIR AN DIB GE₆ 30 USAN AN ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] TA 18 EN 24 4(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) 3 qa TA 25 EN TIL ITU 4(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) [...] | |
| 7' | [... i]-nu-šu₂ in 23 MUL₂.BABBAR ina GIR₂.TAB IGI ⸢in⸣ 17 dele-bat ina ŠU₂ ina ⸢TIL⸣ GIR₂.TAB ⸢IGI in⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ITU BI ILLU 8 SI GIN PAP 18 na ITU BI GIG ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [GAN 1 ...] ⸢GE₆ 2 sin⸣ ina IGI ⸢SI-MAŠ₂⸣ 2 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ sin 5 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ ana ULU₃ SIG ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] 5 ina KIN.SIG ⸢ŠU₂.ŠU₂⸣ ULU₃ GIN ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] 9 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆ [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢GIN⸣ GE₆ 12 SAG GE₆ sin SIG ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI n n ...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢kal⸣ ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 14 1 GE₆ ⸢DIR⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 16 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ ⸢SAG⸣-[A n n ...] | |
| 15' | [...] GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin ⸢ar₂ GIR₃⸣-[ar₂-ša₂-A n n ...] | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
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